israel's poems

my quest

Very dark and dramatic, railing against some sort of injustice and briefly questioning faith.

I found compelling the traditional use of 'g-d' in lieu of 'God' even while questioning 'the method to his "madness,"' I think it shows the struggling with the concept. Also the phrase 'bloodless hound,' is vivid and the bloodless part suggests the undead without outright saying it. But to me this poem felt unfocused, and it railed against 'this justice/In an unjust world' and 'this mockery of peace.' I have no idea what this means, except possibly the way this country is run, which wasn't even hinted at. This poem is deeply righteous without any suggestion as to what, though given how it ends perhaps it is a cry for personal connection instead of impersonal society? Is that your quest?


Life

The speaker is deeply distraught about 'the fight,' and extols the importance of always choosing to dance.

What fight? What struggle? What is this speaker so angry and distraught about? Might it be the sort of zombie-ish-ness of living day to day to make money and no longer enjoying living (the only thing I can think of)? And if so, what might it have to do with 'scars [that] never seem to heal'? Is that a Star Wars reference? I'm so lost.